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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sweet Biscuits for Strawberry Shortcake

Is it spring yet?! I sure am ready. It am so over the cold and snow. It might not be spring here, but it is somewhere. The strawberries are starting to look better in the grocery store. They are big and red and look and smell wonderful. So, if it can't be spring outside you might as well make it spring inside!
Strawberry shortcakes are always such a treat when the berries are out. We were raised in a house were shortcakes were sweetened biscuits. We topped them with ice cream and strawberries and sometime whipped cream. Yum! We sometimes do the angel food cake variety as well, but if you say shortcake I think biscuit. We used to have drop biscuits made from Jiffy mix and some sugar, but these homemade biscuits are even better!

Sweet Biscuits for Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

2 1/2 cups flour

1 T baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup milk

2 T vinegar

4 T sugar

1 T melted butter

sugar for sprinkling on top

Lots of strawberries, ice cream and whipped cream!!

Preheat oven to 475 F

Mix together milk and vinegar and set aside for five minutes

Place dry ingredients in the food processor. Add the 1/2 cup butter

Pulse until mixture becomes coarse crumbs, about 22 pulses

Stir in buttermilk until the dough just comes together

Knead the dough 3-4 times on a lightly floured surface

Pat into a 7x10 rectangle. Cut biscuits using a 3 inch cutter and place 2 inches apart on a baking pan.

Brush with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake on the top shelf of your oven for 14-17 minutes.